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docs/comparison.rst

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+grplot vs. Matplotlib/Seaborn
+=============================
+
+Rather than assert that grplot reduces boilerplate, this page shows the same
+dashboard implemented both ways so you can judge the difference directly.
+
+Six-panel statistical dashboard
+--------------------------------
+
+The dashboard below combines six different chart families — a histogram
+with KDE and summary statistics, an ECDF, a treemap, a pie chart, a Pareto
+chart, and an annotated box + strip plot — each requiring its own
+statistical-annotation logic (quantile lines and a stats box, a twin-axis
+cumulative curve, confidence-interval whiskers).
+
+Using grplot
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+   from grplot import plot2d
+   import grplot_seaborn as gs
+
+   gs.set_theme(context='notebook', style='darkgrid', palette='deep')
+
+   tips = gs.load_dataset('tips')
+   ax = plot2d(plot={'[1,1]': 'histplot', '[1,2]': 'ecdfplot',
+                     '[2,1]': 'treemapsplot', '[2,2]': 'pieplot',
+                     '[3,1]': 'paretoplot', '[3,2]': 'boxplot+stripplot'},
+               Nx=2, Ny=3, df=tips, filter=(tips['total_bill'] > 10),
+               figsize=[18, 16], fontsize=12, legend_fontsize=11,
+               sep={'total_bill': '.c',
+                    '.': ['Count', 'Proportion', '[2,1]', '[2,2]', 'Cumulative Percentage']},
+               statdesc={'[1,1]': {'total_bill': 'general'},
+                         '[3,2]': {'total_bill': 'boxplot'}},
+               text={'Count': 'h', True: ['[2,1]', '[2,2]'], '[3,1]': {'total_bill': 'h+i'}},
+               tick_add={'total_bill': 'Rp(_)'},
+               title={'[1,1]': 'Histogram Count vs total_bill',
+                      '[1,2]': 'ECDF Proportion vs total_bill',
+                      '[2,1]': 'Treemaps of day',
+                      '[2,2]': 'Pie of day',
+                      '[3,1]': 'Pareto total_bill vs day',
+                      '[3,2]': 'Box day vs total_bill'},
+               alpha={'[1,1]': 0.75, '[3,1]': 0.75},
+               kde=True)
+
+**32 lines.**
+
+.. image:: _static/plots/dashboard_2d.png
+   :alt: Six-panel statistical dashboard generated by a single plot2d call
+   :align: center
+
+Using Matplotlib/Seaborn
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+   import numpy as np
+   import pandas as pd
+   import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+   import matplotlib.ticker as mticker
+   import seaborn as sns
+   import squarify  # pip install squarify (for the treemap)
+
+   sns.set_theme(context='notebook', style='darkgrid', palette='deep')
+   tips = sns.load_dataset('tips')
+   df = tips[tips['total_bill'] > 10].copy()
+   fig, axes = plt.subplots(3, 2, figsize=(18, 16))
+   rp = lambda v: f"Rp{v:,.2f}".replace(",", ".")
+
+   # Histogram + KDE
+   ax = axes[0, 0]
+   tb = df['total_bill']
+   counts, bins, patches = ax.hist(tb, bins=10, alpha=0.75, edgecolor='white')
+   for c, left, right in zip(counts, bins[:-1], bins[1:]):
+       if c > 0:
+           ax.text((left + right) / 2, c + 0.5, f"{int(c)}", ha='center', fontsize=12)
+   ax2 = ax.twinx()
+   sns.kdeplot(tb, ax=ax2, color='steelblue')
+   ax2.set_yticks([])
+   stats = {
+       'count': len(tb), 'non zero count': (tb != 0).sum(), 'unique count': tb.nunique(),
+       'std': tb.std(), 'range': tb.max() - tb.min(), 'min': tb.min(),
+       'q1': tb.quantile(0.25), 'median': tb.median(), 'mean': tb.mean(),
+       'q3': tb.quantile(0.75), 'max': tb.max(),
+   }
+   for key in ['min', 'q1', 'median', 'mean', 'q3', 'max']:
+       color = {'min': 'gray', 'q1': 'blue', 'median': 'purple',
+                'mean': 'orange', 'q3': 'green', 'max': 'red'}[key]
+       ls = '--' if key not in ('median', 'mean') else ':'
+       ax.axvline(stats[key], color=color, linestyle=ls, linewidth=1)
+   txt = "\n".join(
+       [f"count: {stats['count']}", f"non zero count: {stats['non zero count']}",
+        f"unique count: {stats['unique count']}", f"std: {rp(stats['std'])}",
+        f"range: {rp(stats['range'])}"] +
+       [f"{k}: {rp(stats[k])}" for k in ['min', 'q1', 'median', 'mean', 'q3', 'max']]
+   )
+   ax.text(0.98, 0.97, txt, transform=ax.transAxes, fontsize=11,
+           va='top', ha='right', bbox=dict(boxstyle='round', facecolor='white', alpha=0.8))
+   ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(mticker.FuncFormatter(lambda v, _: rp(v)))
+   ax.set_title('Histogram Count vs total_bill')
+   ax.set_ylabel('Count')
+
+   # ECDF
+   ax = axes[0, 1]
+   sns.ecdfplot(tb, ax=ax)
+   ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(mticker.FuncFormatter(lambda v, _: rp(v)))
+   ax.set_title('ECDF Proportion vs total_bill')
+   ax.set_ylabel('Proportion')
+
+   # Treemap
+   ax = axes[1, 0]
+   day_counts = df['day'].value_counts()
+   colors = sns.color_palette('deep', len(day_counts))
+   squarify.plot(sizes=day_counts.values,
+                 label=[f"{d}\n{c}" for d, c in day_counts.items()],
+                 color=colors, ax=ax, edgecolor='white')
+   ax.set_title('Treemaps of day')
+   ax.axis('off')
+
+   # Pie
+   ax = axes[1, 1]
+   day_counts_pie = df['day'].value_counts()
+   ax.pie(day_counts_pie.values, labels=day_counts_pie.index,
+          autopct='%1.1f%%', colors=sns.color_palette('deep'))
+   ax.set_title('Pie of day')
+
+   # Pareto
+   ax = axes[2, 0]
+   means = df.groupby('day', observed=True)['total_bill'].mean().sort_values(ascending=False)
+   cum_pct = means.cumsum() / means.sum() * 100
+   ax.bar(means.index, means.values, alpha=0.75)
+   for i, v in enumerate(means.values):
+       ax.text(i, v / 2, rp(v), ha='center', fontsize=11)
+   ax.yaxis.set_major_formatter(mticker.FuncFormatter(lambda v, _: rp(v)))
+   ax.set_ylabel('total_bill')
+   ax3 = ax.twinx()
+   ax3.plot(means.index, cum_pct.values, color='black', marker='D')
+   for i, v in enumerate(cum_pct.values):
+       ax3.text(i, v + 3, f"{v:.1f}%", ha='center', fontsize=11)
+   ax3.set_ylim(0, 110)
+   ax3.yaxis.set_major_formatter(mticker.PercentFormatter())
+   ax3.set_ylabel('Cumulative Percentage')
+   ax3.grid(False)
+   ax.set_title('Pareto total_bill vs day')
+
+   # Box + strip
+   ax = axes[2, 1]
+   order = ['Thur', 'Fri', 'Sat', 'Sun']
+   sns.boxplot(data=df, x='total_bill', y='day', order=order, ax=ax, orient='h')
+   sns.stripplot(data=df, x='total_bill', y='day', order=order, ax=ax,
+                 color='black', size=3, alpha=0.6)
+   ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(mticker.FuncFormatter(lambda v, _: rp(v)))
+   ax.set_title('Box day vs total_bill')
+   q1, q3 = tb.quantile(0.25), tb.quantile(0.75)
+   iqr = q3 - q1
+   lw = tb[tb >= q1 - 1.5 * iqr].min()
+   uw = tb[tb <= q3 + 1.5 * iqr].max()
+   se = tb.std() / np.sqrt(len(tb))
+   box_stats = {
+       'min': tb.min(), 'lower whisker': lw, 'q1': q1,
+       '95% CI low': tb.mean() - 1.96 * se, 'median': tb.median(),
+       'mean': tb.mean(), '95% CI hi': tb.mean() + 1.96 * se,
+       'q3': q3, 'upper whisker': uw, 'max': tb.max(),
+   }
+   txt = "\n".join(f"{k}: {rp(v)}" for k, v in box_stats.items())
+   ax.text(1.02, 0.5, txt, transform=ax.transAxes, fontsize=10,
+           va='center', ha='left', bbox=dict(boxstyle='round', facecolor='white', alpha=0.8))
+
+   plt.tight_layout()
+   plt.savefig('dashboard.png', dpi=100, bbox_inches='tight')
+
+**101 lines** — roughly 3x longer, because each panel's statistical
+annotation (the stats box, the twin-axis cumulative line, the confidence
+interval) is written out by hand instead of being generated from a
+declarative argument.
+
+.. image:: _static/plots/dashboard_matplotlib_tips.png
+   :alt: Equivalent six-panel dashboard built manually with Matplotlib and Seaborn
+   :align: center
+
+Where the difference disappears
+--------------------------------
+
+This advantage is not universal, and it would be misleading to imply
+otherwise. For a grid of *one repeated chart type* — nine box plots across a
+metric/cluster grid, for example — grplot (37 lines) and a short Matplotlib
+loop (34 lines) come out roughly the same length. grplot's boilerplate
+reduction is concentrated in dashboards that mix several chart families, each
+needing its own statistical-annotation code; it offers no particular
+advantage when a simple loop over one chart type already does the job.
+
+.. list-table::
+   :header-rows: 1
+   :widths: 60 15 20 15
+
+   * - Dashboard
+     - grplot
+     - Matplotlib/Seaborn
+     - Ratio
+   * - 6 heterogeneous panels (as above)
+     - 32 lines
+     - 101 lines
+     - 3.2×
+   * - 9 homogeneous panels (boxplot only, repeated across a metric/cluster grid)
+     - 37 lines
+     - 34 lines
+     - ~1.0×
+
+In both cases, ``plot2d`` returns the underlying Matplotlib ``Axes`` array,
+so any further per-panel customization is still available through the normal
+Matplotlib API on top of the generated baseline.

docs/index.rst

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 |pypi_ver| |license| |anaconda| |downloads| |coverage|
 
+.. code-block:: python
+
+   from grplot import plot2d
+   import grplot_seaborn as gs
+
+   gs.set_theme(context='notebook', style='darkgrid', palette='deep')
+
+   tips = gs.load_dataset('tips')
+   ax = plot2d(plot={'[1,1]': 'histplot', '[1,2]': 'ecdfplot',
+                     '[2,1]': 'treemapsplot', '[2,2]': 'pieplot',
+                     '[3,1]': 'paretoplot', '[3,2]': 'boxplot+stripplot'},
+               Nx=2, Ny=3, df=tips, filter=(tips['total_bill'] > 10),
+               kde=True)  # see Dashboard-Like for the full, annotated call
+
+.. image:: _static/plots/dashboard_2d.png
+   :alt: Six-panel statistical dashboard generated by a single plot2d call
+   :align: center
+
+*A histogram with KDE and summary statistics, an ECDF, a treemap, a pie
+chart, a Pareto chart, and an annotated box + strip plot — six different
+chart families, fully annotated, produced by one* ``plot2d`` *call. See*
+:doc:`comparison` *for the equivalent Matplotlib/Seaborn code side by side,*
+:doc:`plots/dashboard` *for this example's full write-up, and*
+:doc:`plot_types` *for a worked example of every individual chart type.*
+
 .. container:: feature-grid
 
    .. hlist::
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    :hidden:
 
    introduction
+   comparison
    configuration
    plot_types
 

docs/introduction.rst

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 Introduction
 ============
 
-grplot introduces powerful features through an intuitive, hierarchical argument system. Every feature is directly accessible via ``plot2d`` parameters, allowing you to configure everything from high-level data inputs to the finest label details in a single function call.
+grplot reduces the boilerplate of producing annotated, publication-ready
+statistical figures: subplot layout, tick/number formatting, inset
+statistical summaries, and value-label annotations are configured through
+``plot2d`` parameters instead of separate Matplotlib/Seaborn calls per
+figure. This page documents the hierarchical argument system and
+configuration options that apply across *every* plot type. For a direct,
+line-by-line comparison against equivalent Matplotlib/Seaborn code, see
+:doc:`comparison`. For worked, runnable examples of each individual chart —
+with rendered output — see :doc:`plot_types`; for multi-panel dashboards
+combining several chart types in one call, see :doc:`plots/dashboard`.
 
 Understanding the Argument System
 ---------------------------------

paper.bib

@@ -51,15 +51,17 @@ @book{Wickham2016
   doi       = {10.1007/978-3-319-24277-4},
 }
 
-@inproceedings{VanderPlas2019,
-  author    = {VanderPlas, Jacob and Granger, Brian E. and Heer, Jeffrey and
-               Moritz, Dominik and Wongsuphasawat, Kanit and Satyanarayan, Arvind and
-               Lees, Eitan and Timofeev, Ilia and Welsh, Ben and Sievert, Scott},
-  title     = {Altair: Interactive Statistical Visualizations for {Python}},
-  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 18th Python in Science Conference},
-  pages     = {98--105},
-  year      = {2019},
-  doi       = {10.25080/Majora-7ddc1dd1-00f},
+@article{VanderPlas2018,
+  author  = {VanderPlas, Jacob and Granger, Brian E. and Heer, Jeffrey and
+             Moritz, Dominik and Wongsuphasawat, Kanit and Satyanarayan, Arvind and
+             Lees, Eitan and Timofeev, Ilia and Welsh, Ben and Sievert, Scott},
+  title   = {Altair: Interactive Statistical Visualizations for {Python}},
+  journal = {Journal of Open Source Software},
+  volume  = {3},
+  number  = {32},
+  pages   = {1057},
+  year    = {2018},
+  doi     = {10.21105/joss.01057},
 }
 
 @software{Plotly2015,